Cerence (CRNC) FCF Margin (2018 - 2026)
Cerence posted quarterly FCF Margin of 21.23% for Q1 2026, up 440.0% year-on-year from 3.93% in Q1 2025, and down 31.48% on a QoQ basis from 30.98% in Q4 2025.
Cerence (CRNC) has 9 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 21.23% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 440.0% year-over-year to 21.23%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 24.85% (up 999.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 18.59%, up 1491.0% from the prior year.
- FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 21.23%, down from 30.98% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 30.98% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 15.76% in Q2 2023.
- The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 8.52% (2024), against an average of 7.11%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Margin tumbled 3343 bps; it then surged 3288 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 3.35% in 2022, then grew by 19 bps to 2.71% in 2023, then jumped by 673 bps to 15.51% in 2024, then jumped by 100 bps to 30.98% in 2025, then tumbled by 31 bps to 21.23% in 2026.
- The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 21.23% (Q1 2026), 30.98% (Q4 2025), and 16.08% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 36.77% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 47.52% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 17.31% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 15.02% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 41.64% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 20.82% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 45.65% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 36.83% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 61.18% |
| 10 | Cerence | 494.35 Mn | 386.09 Mn | 47.30 Mn | 21.23% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 21.23% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 30.98% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 16.08% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 25.79% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 16.82% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.51% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.52% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 17.12% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -1.18% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -2.71% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.05% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -15.76% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.55% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -3.35% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -13.73% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -9.39% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -4.61% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.78% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 19.71% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 21.89% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 13.57% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 9.01% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 25.61% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 17.80% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -19.26% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 7.52% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 21.41% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 33.53% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 33.54% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 22.35% |